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SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1979

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TEMPORARY CAREERS INFORMATION CENTRE IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES

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THE LABOUR DEPARTMENT WILL SET UP A TEMPORARY CAREERS INFORMATION CENTRE IN TWO PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES NEXT WEEK.

THE CENTRE A JOINT EFFORT BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT'S YOUTH EMPLOYMENT ADVISORY SERVICE AND THE NEW TERRITORIES SERVICES DEPARTMENT WILL OPERATE IN THE TSUEN WAN PUBLIC LIBRARY FROM NEXT THURSDAY TO SATURDAY (JULY 5 - 7) AND IN THE TAI PO PUBLIC LIBRARY FROM JULY 9 - 11.

+THE IDEA OF CREATING A TEMPORARY CAREERS INFORMATION CENTRE IN A LIBRARY IS TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION ABOUT THE WORLD OF WORK TO YOUNG PEOPLE IN A SETTING FAMILIAR TO THEM,+ A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SATURDAY).

+HAVING IT IN PUBLIC LIBRARIES IN THE NT ALSO HELPS PROMOTE THE CAREERS SERVICE TO YOUNG RESIDENTS THERE, HE ADDED.

THE CENTRE WILL HAVE A VARIETY OF CAREERS FACILITIES, INCLUDING AUDIO VISUAL UNITS FOR SLIDE PRESENTATIONS AND CASSETTE TAPES. BOOK DISPLAY AND A CAREERS ENQUIRY SERVICE.

HIGHLIGHT OF THE PROGRAMME WILL BE A SERIES OF TALKS ON TOPICS RANGING FROM TELEVISION BROADCASTING TO ELECTRONICS. THERE WILL ALSO BE FILM SHOWS.

+THE CONCEPT OF A CAREERS INFORMATION CENTRE IS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION THROUGH A SELF-HELP SERVICE. YOUNG PEOPLE VISITING THE LIBRARIES MAY LIKE TO SPEND SOME TIME AT THE CENTRE, BROWSE THROUGH BOOKS, VIEW A SLIDE PRESENTATION, LISTEN TO TAPE-RECORDINGS AND TALK TO THE STAFF ABOUT THEIR SUBJECT SELECTION OR CHOICE OF A CAREER, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

EXCEPT NEXT SATURDAY (JULY 7) WHEN THE TSUEN WAN LIBRARY CLOSES AT 5 P.M., THE CENTRE WILL OPEN FROM 9 A.M. TO 8 P.M. ON WEEKDAYS.

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